This Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Domaine Du Vieux Télégramme is a Grenache-dominant wine (≈85%) with Cinsault, Syrah, and Mourvèdre, showing elegant aromas of red berries, dark cherries, and summer flowers. The palate is medium to full-bodied, structured with velvety tannins, and offers a long, concentrated finish. Despite hail damage before harvest, it is a refined and harmonious expression of young and selected vines, best enjoyed over the next 15+ years.
Jamessuckling.com | JS 93
Published: Apr 10, 2025
An elegant expression of grenache in Chateauneuf, this has a wealth of red berries and summer flowers. The very solid tannins have been expertly crafted, and they build beautifully in the long finish. Considering how the vineyards were hit by hail just before the harvest, this has turned out very well. Drink or hold.
The Wine Advocate | RP 92
Published: Sep 26, 2024
Drink: 2024-2040
A blend of 85% Grenache and the rest of Cinsault, Syrah and Mourvèdre, the 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Télégramme offers up aromas of flowers, dark cherries and dark wild berries, followed by a medium to full-bodied, structured and concentrated palate with velvety tannins and a long, dense finish. More austere than previous vintages, this iteration stands out as a commendable rendition within the context of the vintage.
Vieux-telegraphe.fr
Vieux Telegraphe's second-label Chateauneuf-duPape red, made with the grapes of young vines under 30 years old, plus older parcels not located on the Plateaux of La Crau or Piedlong.
AREA: 75 acres.
GRAPE VARIETIES: 80% Grenache Noir, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvedre and 4% Cinsault.
VINE AGE: 40 years on average.
VINIFICATION: grapes are hand-picked, with double sorting at the vine, then a third sorting in the winery. They are destemmed, followed by 25-30 days traditional fermentation in temperature controlled vats. Pneumatic pressing, then systematic malolactic fermentation.
MATURATION: 15-16 months in French oak foudres (30-60 hl). Bottled without filtration or fining, released at 18 months.
PERSONALITY AND AGEING: a Chateau du Pape seriously dominated by Grenache, which confers very singular suppleness and roundness. Best savoured young.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 17C.
AVAILABLE SIZES: 75 cl, half-bt, magnum, jeroboam (3 l).
OUTPUT POTENTIAL: equivalent of 120,000 75 cl bts.
